[Elecraft] Portable CW paddles for K2?

Dave G4AON elecraft at astromag.co.uk
Sat Apr 26 04:02:51 EDT 2008


Kristinn

For several years I have used the Palm Mini Paddles while portable, they 
are a little "soft" but have the huge advantage of sliding into the 
aluminium housing for protection while travelling. At home I use a 
Schurr Profi-2 paddle and find the Palm just as nice to use. If you want 
to key a rig which lacks the nice internal keyers found in Elecraft 
rigs, the Palm Code Cube is good if a little expensive.

The Palm products are available in Europe from http://www.qrpproject.de/ 
or http://www.wsplc.com/

73 Dave, G4AON
K1 #1154, K2 #1892, K3/100 #80
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My K2 #6425 is now up and running, and I need good, light/small portable
iambic paddles for the upcoming summer trips. Are there any good
recommendations?

Candidates I have been looking at include:
- Palm Mini Paddles (http://www.morsex.com/palm)
- Paddlette PK1 (http://www.paddlette.com/pkproduct.htm)
- Paddlette BP (http://www.paddlette.com/bpproduct.htm)

Does anyone have experience, or even comparison on these or others that
would be suitable for portable operation? My preference for "feel" is that
the I prefer "harder/metallic" touch when making contact over "softer"
touch, that I have found with some paddles.

73 - Kristinn, TF3KX


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